Show r Glowing Account Given of f II New District in Nevada I Leter Letter to Friend Describes Beauty of Landscape and Activity of industry in County County Coun Coun- ty Along Copper Belt Road I T IS ono of oC tho the instincts of humanity human human- IT I ity Iy to glance Ianco at itt tho tue beauties s of nature na na- na- na turo ture with wIh a thrill to beam heam on OIL 01 ones one's blessings for tOl a a brief brier s spell pell II and anil then taking all al in a matter of oC fact wa way settie settle set set- tie tle lo down accepting the best w with th a sort ort of ot resignation it I remains for 01 tho the newcomer no fresh with wih ideas of ot ison to walto one up to the beauties and ane blessings on every side Bide beautes This hll characteristic is well vell wol exemplified tied fled in the following extracts from froni a letter lator written a n few rew weeks a ago o de descriptive de- de of oC tho the and ancl Mason Iason Valley districts in southwestern Nevada Ne No- vada the country which tho the new flew ne Nevada Ne Nc- vada Copper Copper Belt nel railroad Is 15 rapidly I bringing to the tho front b by welding weldin tho the connection of ot its ls steel rails rais with wih outside civilization This letter leter to a Salt Lake college friend goes on to tosy siy sy I Jim shake the dead dust of oC the thc cU city from Crom your our feet recto como come out hero here heroin hereIn in Gods God's country and start to live You Youcan Youcan Youcan can mine you ou can farm you ou lve can cnn work on the tho new railroad or In the now smelter Everything Is now every evory- thing is young everything is Js fresh o everything is good to look at Paint Picture This is where tho silvery Walker river IIer merrily wends its Is wn way and en enables en- en abl ables abie the thrifty farmer to make the d desert sort blossom n ns the rose where rose where tho the golden Jolden t unset sunset blends In beautiful hues huos with wIh the bleak and barren mountain mountaintops mountaintops mountaintops tops making a picture moro more gorgeous than the pen can paint paint where is If found le ada Nevadas Nevada's foremost mining smelting and agricultural center Cloudless cla days s 's cheer all al on to more notable achievements Como Come hear the co coyotes coyote's otes evening lullaby or gaze on tho the myrIads myriads myri myrI- ads of stars on our cloudless nl nights Here even e the smelter fumes blow away from the farmers farmer's crops Here cr is the tho Nevada ada Copper Belt railroad a n mighty artery alter through which flows the lifeblood of ot commercialism In this title veritable Gar Garden en of oC Eden uniting as If It b by the bonds of oC matrimony three strong strong factors of oC prosperity mining smelting and agriculture The Thc good folk tolt In this community ar are perfectly alive alho to tho the new era ora ora ushered In by hy the Nevada e Copper B Belt 1 railroad The dividend dl pa payIng pay pay- l Ing ug mines the ten cars copper matte mate per week weel tho the cars of or potatoes pota pota- toes per year eal tho the acres of ot land to bo be opened to settlers under the Carey Care act next year tell the commercial commer cial dat sl side e of or the the story ston The schools churches amu amusement ement halls hails speak for c themselves as ns social factors This locality f so 51 greatly rent enriched by hy being being placed ll In touch with wih modern ways through the avenue a o of a ti 1 railroad so soong long ong wanted lomi promises es to be he one of Nevada Xe leading educational centers Thu Tho proposed new hl high h school at L ln lon the county seat the new i I I grammar school there mere used this 5 year ear for Ol the first time tho the OOOO grammar school for foi Ol Mason and the new grammar schools constructed construct construct- ed this year car at Ludwig LudvIg Wabuska a and Thompson say so l. l The Tiie a Nevada a Copper Belt railroad I toda today In the mind of oC its Is president W W. C. C Oren looks very en much as it i did three years cars ago afO Ills His Ils dream has been ben realized lie He lid did dIl St St. i. i Ills HIs absolute faith in its possibilities and his untiring cf- cf foi forts fOlls ts gave ga to hl his partners co-partners and the commonwealth of or Mason and Smith valleys s L Lyon on county a perfect enterprise enter enter- prise e manned b by manly men The rite em em- JIO c S on this line lino lne have safet safety for COl a s slogan sogan ogan As s evidence e It Is recorded that in III handling approximately passengers since operations started not one has sustained Injury This railroad runs In two directions front from Wabuska abu ka thirty nine miles mies southwest to Ludwig where the Ne Xe- Douglas vada Copper company's compans great mines are arc located and three miles north to Thompson where Is located mies the million milon dollar smelter of or the Mason Ma Ma- la- la son SOi Valley Mines company IJes rOI hU d depots adorn the tho lino ono one ono each at Y Mason Hudson and Ludwig The rite appointments of those buildings i Indicate comfort Comfort for fOI both hoth patron Itron anc nd ie e empIO employee previously thought out The rhe Zt standard color for fOI the Ne Nevada t eI emla e- e I I v vada ada mla Copper Coppel n Holt Belt l railroad depots vellow vel- vel clI l low ow shows al artistic itc taste th the harmony b lending blending len ln perfectly with wih the tile surround surrounding ing l ug scenery Title ThIs railroad Is a public carrier butI but correI I privately owned I Its Interests and ant the P publics public's are aro mu mutual tuai The Tho r railroad needs need the tue freight and passengers ger gers the mines smelter farmers ant ant and t traveling raveling public publiC need the the tion ton t ion This railroad is proving pro A colo cob nizer The settlement of ot vacant lands Is i s adding to land values a values a good thins thing for Cot or nil all nl Sonic Scenery c ncr Some Somo folks think tho the railroad I mountain scenery worthy of or comment i Is s all ni In Colorado Colordo and California Thc They d ont don't ont know Nevada has haR some Home left ler a and nd it is along along this particular railroad in i ii Walker alcer H River canyon Come Conte take a trip over 01 this title with wih me Leaving Reno at nt S 30 a. a in m via the V. V T. T and a chan change c of cars at loun hou c. c we arrive at Wabuska at 1 p. p in m. and go go Immediately to Thompson whore wo we find one ono of the m most ost modern copper ore smelters Ye We Weare e earo are aro at at convinced that an Ideal smelter location was constructed thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ot years ago Here we wo see gi gigantc gigantic gi- gi gantic pieces of or machinery tile the noisy and satanic smelting furnaces furnaces the tho well appointed appointed wel-appointed schemes for handling ore oro economically Wo 0 return to Wabuska on a train l leaving at nt p. p in m. which connects with wih S. S P. P train for or Reno and San Francisco We Vo are not yet ct ready to tol l leave eave ave for fOI home hence we take an automobile automobile auto auto- mobile for Ludwig Wo e pass Yerington Yering- Yering ton station staton sighting tho the city of Yer Yer- Yerington In ington ton about one mile mie distant passing Mason rason fason HUcl Hudson on and other stations for tor forwe forwe we will wil return to these tomorrow After leaving Wilson Ison station and before before be he be- be fore ore reaching Hudson we pass lUSS through th the the famous Walker nJ er River canyon scenery Here the rockbound gor gorge e with wih Its IR walls wals of oC granite the tue colors color blend In perfect harmony we wc find nd beauty e established by hy tho the Creator attracts our attention while the state state- ly 1 towering rocks command our re re- re speet Ae t VA cdon ht n nn while p passengers s rs going i lO to th their Ih homes homei In III Smith ale valley al alight ht g Here the tho raIlroad railroad rail raIl- rai- rai road company compan ha has a large stockyards large for or shipping purposes and also a n mo mod modern em ern twenty machine sheep shearing plant which Is operated during durin the thu months of May rn and ald June The United States mall mail to and from Crom the Interior towns of or Smith Wellington eln ton and Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet Sweet- water Nov Ne' and Masonic and Bridgeport Bridge Bridge- c- c port Cal Cal is handled at this title station staton also the bulk of or the tho passenger cr travel and freight hl business originating at or destined to these points DocIe Cal receives a goodly ly portion of or freight goo porton here also At t Ludwig we make careful examInation exam exam- of or the new clu clubhouse house constructed con con- by hy th tim the Nevada Douglas e Dou las company for Cor the edification of or its is men We re are p persuaded that company is no no- only alive to its Is own welfare but with equal Intel Interest st Is looking out for or wIh the thc convenience con and happiness of oC Its men Is who arc It win and who dl dig the 01 ore for fOl the Nevada e Copper Bell Belt railroad to haul haul Next ext morning morning we We 1 visit I I the mine We s so o tramp some five miles through h tunnels drifts et etc ete and mies climb a few ladders visit vIsit the famous jewel cham cham- her ber and other ore Ole rooms of or note We Wc e return to 10 la Mason on on the ore train ln leaving Ludwig at 10 a m. m J. J Jer herese Here we se cannot help but hut observe oben-o the appearance ap nl of p permanency nC with which tho the people have t. t Hero lr are uro stores u n modern hotel newspaper amusement hall hal with wih the finest dune dune- tug ng floor this state can boast an ex X c appointed hospital and a achurch achurch c church hurch with wih proportions equally as at at- I t e. Here we learned that tim th the Maon Mason Ma- Ma la son s on folk Cole believe In cla high class amusements amuse amuse- i ments the thiO tho 1 kind that tha t last and antI are aro aru worth while such shell HK us at the choicest choice t furnished furnished fur fur- n 1 by th the J. J Lyceum bureau l lectures and home homo talent pla plara s A J visit to th the Mason In on Valley lalley Blue Stone Malachite mine m la magnifies our appreciation of ot the magnitude mag mag- of or tho lasting possibilities ot othis this his t railroad Wo We 0 go on noon train next day to ton tho the county count scat of Lyon count county Our admiration of or the tho thrift shown hown b by the beautiful new courthouse grammar school the tho ju Just t completed municipal al water works awl amid sewer 8 system the two weekly news newspapers papers and mo modern business houses Is 15 complete A All 11 In all al it Jt makes you want to be he beono ono one of oC those these people Jim Jim Jim you ou must I come core west young oung man man ul s nc merican American Fork has a number of ot mines which have o ha been making in intermittent In- In ternI Rent shipments during the lie last year Most Io t of ot tho the producers producer have ha e been under lease The Pacific Mining compan corn corn- pan pany has made a 0 number of ot shipments and will wil continue to work nil all ni inter Leasers been doing some work on the Mineral nerl flat fat and on Millers wol Considerable Con Con- work has also Ie been beOn n done dono on tho the Camp Bird tho Mat Mary Ellen Elen LIVe 01 Yankee tho the Cleghorn property and some soma season on Mountain Lake dUin during the I |